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Robotic Athermal Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy
NCT02079155 · Case Comprehensive Cancer Center · Updated 22 Jan 2016
- What is being tested
- robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery; robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery; laboratory biomarker analysis; quality-of-life assessment; questionnaire administration
- For
- Stage I Prostate Cancer; Stage IIA Prostate Cancer
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 35 years to 72 years. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started June 2012, ends Jan 2016. Registered 5 March 2014.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This randomized clinical trial compares a recently developed technique, called robotic laparoendoscopic single-site radical prostatectomy (R-LESS RP), to the current standard of robotic technique for prostate cancer, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) in treating patients with newly diagnosed, locally confined prostate cancer. Both procedures are types of robotic radical prostatectomy, or the robot-assisted removal of the prostate though a small incision in the belly. In the standard approach, 4-5 small (1-2 cm) incisions are made in the lower abdomen to allow the insertion of robotic instruments. In the R-LESS technique, all instruments are inserted through a single incision. R-LESS RP is less invasive than RALP and may leave a smaller scar and cause less pain.